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1. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
5. Type genus of the Caviidae.
10. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
13. A fit of shivering.
14. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
15. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
16. A member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. The capital of Croatia.
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
22. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
25. Hoop that covers a wheel.
28. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
29. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
39. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
41. Short and fat.
42. A sudden short attack.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
47. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
50. The cry made by sheep.
53. Slightly wet.
56. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
58. Humble request for help.
61. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
62. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
63. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
65. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
66. A doctor's degree in education.
67. Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus.
68. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds.
4. United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880).
5. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production.
8. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
9. A state in northwestern North America.
10. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
11. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. Informal terms for a mother.
26. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
27. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
30. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
34. (trademark) An antacid.
35. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
38. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
40. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
41. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. On or toward the lee.
49. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
51. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
54. The food served and eaten at one time.
55. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
57. A resource.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. Take in solid food.
60. (informal) Of the highest quality.
64. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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